Heavy winds causing power outages across Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Thousands of homes in the West Island and Off-Island were without electricity on Friday afternoon as heavy winds gusting up to 90 kilometres per hour passed through the region.

The heavy winds also flipped a trailer truck driving on Highway 40 near Exit 17, just outside St-Lazare. That accident has since been cleared.

The Ministry of Transport is warning drivers to be cautious on the roads, to turn on their headlights and to ensure that any cargo is well secured.

Across Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Hydro Quebec reported 58 outages affecting just over 10,532 customers. St-Lazare and Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot were the hardest-hit, with 2,042 and 1,400 customers without power by 3 p.m.

Almost 247,000 customers across Quebec had lost power by 3 p.m., Hydro Quebec reported.

“Our teams are currently hard at work to restore service as quickly as possible. We are currently evaluating the damage to the system,” Hydro Quebec said in a press release on Friday afternoon.

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